The First Rule of Dope Board...

Cafe Society
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…is to always talk about Dope Board.
My latest article for Optics and Photonics News mentions The Straight Dope in the very first sentence, and gives a link.

The articles online Here:

http://www.osa-opn.org/

Under the title Light Touch: A Brief History of "Dord"

http://www.osa-opn.org/view_file.cfm?doc=%24)<K%2CJ%40%20%20 &id=%24*%2CO*K%40%20%20
(But you might need to use your OSA ID #. Sorry)

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I don’t have an OSA ID – luckily, a hissed “Cecil sent me” (a phrase that definitely lends itself to hissing) was good enough to get in.

Interesting item. You’d think a puzzle editor would have encountered “Dord” prior to this. :wink: